Bandage



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ATTORNEY Ebd-2,635 atented July 3, 1962 3,042,036 BANDAGE Ivan V. Abadjie, 20 Bergin Lane, Worcester, Mass. Filed Nov. 21, 1953, Ser. No. 775,652 8 Claims. (Ci. 12S-156) This invention relates to a new and improved bandage particularly adapted for binding wounds, cuts, operative openings, etc., and more particularly for use by veterinarians in treating animals, and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a bandage which the animal (or person) will not be able to remove by biting, licking, pushing, etc., this being accomplished by providing the bandage with means causing pain sensations to the animal so that he will leave the bandage alone and in the composition desired by the veterinarian in treating the wound or hurt.

Other objects of the invention include a bandage as aforesaid which comprises a flexible member adapted to be placed over the cut or wound, said flexible member having associated therewith means forming relatively sharp points which extend from the surface of the bandage in such a manner as to impede the action of one attempting to remove the bandage as for instance by the usual method of an animal licking or biting the same or trying to push the bandage aside by any other means; and the provision of a bandage incorporating such sharp points, said bandage being preferably in the form of a roll of tape having a sticky surface with the sharp points extending `from the other surface, or in the nature of o patches or shaped exible members; and the provision of a bandage as above stated including a form having a cover member which covers the sharp points prior to application of the bandage to the patient and providing for revealing a useful condition of said sharp points upon the application of the bandage to the patient and removal of the top cover or tape therefrom.

The invention also contemplates the use of pointed means which may be fastened in several different ways and which include the use of buttons having spurs thereon, said buttons being rotatably mounted on the bandage; Vthe provision of thin wires threaded into the bandage material; the provision of such wires which are straight; the provision of such wires which are tbent or curved in desired directions in order to cause the points to stand out from the bandage; and the provision of spring-stressed points which normally lie flat under a covered tape and spring up into useful position upon the removal of a cover tape so that the bandage is easy to lhandle by the veterinarian or doctor but is provided with useful sharp points immediately upon stripping the cover tape; and the provision of a bandage as aforesaid comprising a pair of tapes, one of which has the sharp points secured thereto and the other of which forms the cover member, said tapes being secured together except at intervals which may be used for severing the `bandage into desired smaller pieces and to remove the cover tape more easily from the underlying sharp point-bearing layer of tape or other flexible bandage material.

The invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly set for-th in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a form of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows the same applied to the limb of a user;

FIG. 3 `is a plan view showing a modification;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a further modification;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a still further modification;

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating another form of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of FIG. 6;

PIG. 8 is a plan View illustrating a further modification;

FIG. 9 is an end view, looking in the direction of arrow 9 in FIG. 8; and

FIG. l0 illustrates a still further modification of the invention.

It is well know particularly to veterinarians that when an animal is bandaged due to a hurt, surgery, or for any other reason, the animal will commonly not rest until he has bitten, chewed, licked, or torn the bandage from its position, thus obviating the use of the bandage and exposing the Wound; and this invention provides a new and improved bandage which persuades the animal to leave the bandage in position where it is placed. The bandage may also be used for other patients than animals, but its greatest use is to be found by veterinarians.

The invention in its simplest form comprises a cloth or other exible material bandage strip or tape 1t? having threaded therein a series of thin wires 12. These wires as shown in FIG. 1 underlie the bandage 1) at the dotted areas indicated at 14, and the points indicated at 16 extend from the side of the bandage which is seen by the observer in FIG. l. Therefore it will be seen that these short lengths of wire are embedded in the fabric or other material of which the bandage 10 is made and that they are fiat and straight and have sharp ends or points extending therefrom substantially co-planar with the bandage 10.

In the use of this bandage, it is simply wrapped around the limb of the user and this causes the points at `16 to extend more or less tangentially outwardly and to'engage the tongue, lips or paw of the animal in his attempt to push the bandage out of its position.

The invention of course may take many diiferent forms and one of these is shown in FIG. 3 wherein the bandage material Ztl -is provided with wires 22 similar to those in FIG. l but extending at an angle to the length of the bandage. Obviously the wires 12 of FIG. Il may be combined with those at 22. in FIG. 3 `and vice-versa, so as to provide any pattern or arrangement of these wires which may be desired or thought to be the best for any particular purpose involved.

In FIG. 4 there are shown wires in the form of staples at 24 and 26, these staples having upturned ends and central `portions as at 28 and 30 respectivelly which are embedded in the bandage portion 32. In this case, if desired, and also if desired in the constructions of FIGS. l and 3 as Well as all of the other types of bandage, there may be provided an underlying rtacky removable striplike or tape-like member 34 which is stripped off prior to application of the bandage to the limb as at 18 so that a tacky surface maybe applied directly to the esh or hair of the user of the bandage.

FIG. 5 differs only from FIG. 4 yin that the staple-like wire members 36 are provided with legs that extend directly outwardly rather than being bent at a right angle or at an inclination as in FIG. 4, or rather than lying at with respect to the bandage as in FIGS. 1 and 3.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, another modication herein illustrates the bandage as at 40 and applied to this bandage -there are snap fasteners as for instance at l 42, these snap fasteners being of the conventional kind and having wire points, spurs, or the like 44 applied thereto. The construction in this case provides that the snap fasteners may rotate as the animal or patient attempts to engage the same and therefore the sharp points will be arranged to point in all directions about the axes of the snap fasteners. Through the use of but a relatively few number of these snap fasteners, there will be sharp points in every direction.

Referring now to FIGS. 8 and 9, there is here shown another modification of the device in which the bandage material at 45 has embedded therein a series of staple-like fasteners generally indicated at 48, parts of which may underlie the bandage as at 50. These staple-like members are provided with slightly 11p-turned tension ends S2 which, however, are held down flat against the material 46 by means of a cover member indicated at 54. `When the cover member 54 is removed as indicated in FIG. 8, these points 52 will immediately stand up at least to the extent indicated in order to provide sharpened points extending from the bandage.

As shown in FIG. 10, there is a modified bandage which includes two layers, a top layer S and a bottom layer 58 which may be stuck together except for areas such as shown by dotted lines `at dil for ease in cutting the top layer from the bottom layer and stripping it off. This renders the bandage a great deal easier to use as will be clearly appreciated by those skilled in the art.

This invention provides a bandage which is non-removable by the patient and which is particularly adapted for animal use by veterinarians but having other uses also as may be found convenient. The animal will try to lick or bite the bandage only once or twice and -Will soon become convinced that this is not the thing to do simply by reason of the provision of the sharp points in the bandage which tend to jab into the tongue, lips or paws of the animal, but, however, being small enough so that they do not actually injure the animal in any way. The animal becomes conditioned to this bandage Very quickly and soon leaves it alone, so that the wound may heal up in the desired manner quickly and easily without interference on the part of the patient.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not Wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A bandage comprising a sheet of flexible fabric bandaging material and a set of devices attached thereto, said devices forming sharp points extending obliquely from a surface of said bandage in a plurality of different directions away from a member to be bandaged.

2. A bandage comprising a section of non-metallic flexible fabric bandage material and a set of relatively Short wire members secured thereto, said wire members having extending end portions appearing at one side only of said bandage and pointing in a plurality of different directions relative to the plane of the material, the remainder of the wire members being embeddd.

3. A bandage comprising a section of non-metallic ilexible fabric bandage material and a set of relatively short wire members secured thereto, said wire members having extending end portions appearing at one side only of said bandage and pointing in a plurality of different directions, relative to the plane of the material, the remainder of the wire mem-bers being embedded, said extending end portion inclining outwardly away from the general plane of the bandage.

4. A bandage comprising a piece of flexible material having associated therewith a series of resilient, springy devices including sharp points, there being a plurality of points on each device, said sharp points extending to one side only of said bandage, said devices comprising means to rotatably mount the points at a surface of the bandage, said points extending generally radially with respect to the devices upon which they are mounted.

5. A bandage comprising a ilexible sheet-like bandage member, means forming an extending resilient sharp point on said bandage member, means normally holding said sharp point down into generally co-planar contact with said bandage member, said last-named -means being removable and said points extending outwardly of the plane of the top surface of the 'bandage member on removal of said means.

6. A bandage comprising a sheet of flexible fabric bandaging material, a series of substantially stiff Wire-like members embedded therein and having ends extending therefrom on one side surface thereof at an angle to the plane thereof, and a sheet of material normally holding said extending ends down into at contacting relation with said bandage, said members being springy and extending outwardly at an angle from said bandage member upon removal of said sheet.

7. A bandage comprising a sheet of flexible material and a plurality of short springy wires at least partially secured to said bandage, said wires having sharp ends extending at one side only of the sheet generally parallel thereto, adhesive at the opposite side of the sheet of material, and a cover for the adhesive.

8. A bandage comprising a piece of flexible material having associated therewith a series of wires having sharp points, said sharp points extending to one side only of said bandage in general-flatwise relation thereto, a cover member for said bandage, said cover member being attached thereto at spaced intervals only for ease of removing the cover member from the flexible material.

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